Kelly Marie Tran’s ‘The Last Jedi’ Audition With John Boyega Is Adorable as Heck

Rian Johnson introduced some great new characters, planets (Salty Fury Road is the best) and ideas in his Star Wars sequel, but one stood out above all the rest: Resistance grease monkey Rose Tico, played by newcomer Kelly Marie Tran. The actress brought her real-life fangirl enthusiasm to the role of Finn’s new cohort (and love interest?), delivering a sweet, scene-stealing performance in The Last Jedi. And thanks to Lucasfilm, we have a little more Tran to love with this video of the actress’ audition with John Boyega.

Unsurprisingly, it is adorable. From the moment Tran introduces herself to her chemistry read with Boyega, you can see exactly why Johnson loves her so much — and why we do, too.

Tran has been absolutely awesome on the Star Wars press tour, bringing her infectious (and super relatable) enthusiasm everywhere she goes. Like in these pics from The Last Jedi premiere, where Tran saw a young girl dressed as Rose:

Or like this interview with Vulture, where she talks about how she helped put feathers on the Porgs and helped out with putting hair on the Fathiers:

I also got to put hair on the falthiers! I think that I was given a gift, in that I just didn’t know there were rules. I didn’t know that it was weird to always want to be there, because literally, even if I wasn’t working, I would just be around. People were like, “Don’t you have things to do?” But I would go on set and watch every day and walk into different departments unannounced, like, “Hey, what are you guys doing?” I went to the costume department, and there’s just a huge room with hundreds and hundreds of costumes, and every single one was so detailed — it was incredible! I don’t know how to explain this experience other than to say it was like someone had told me Hogwarts was real.

And her (and Daisy Ridley’s) response when asked if she’d rather date Finn or Poe:

Then there’s this video she took in a London pub, where she overheard people at the next table geeking out over her character:

And then there’s her recent interview with the LA Times, where she told our pal Jen Yamato what she did the Monday after she got back from The Last Jedi premiere in London:

I went to the ArcLight yesterday and saw three movies by myself. It was awesome. I saw “Shape of Water,” which I freaking loved. I saw “I, Tonya,” which I also loved. And then I saw... “[The Last] Jedi,” because it’s really weird to watch yourself, and I want to watch it enough to the point where I can forget it’s me. I’m having a hard time doing that at the moment.